Re: Tartessian [was: languages documented (Glen)]

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Davius Sanctex"
<gruposdavius@...> wrote:

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> [Glen] Doesn't look like Tartessian is Tyrrhenian at all. It

doesn't show telltale signs of Tyrrhenian grammar. It looks more
Vasconic than anything, relatable to Basque.

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> [Davius] The few Sudlusitanian (i.e. Tartessina) inscriptions I

know do not seem to share the typical sound of Iberian or Basque. It
seems to have existed a kind of Ibero-Basque Sprachbund reflected in
the frequences of distribution of some phonemes, the lack of a
contrast between voice/voiceless sounds, the lack of long vowels,
and similar configurations of syllable strcuture.

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> You can see at this link for some interesting information about

Hispanic pre-Latin languages:

> http://www.webpersonal.net/jrr/index.htm (Home Page)
> http://www.webpersonal.net/jrr/ib13_en.htm (Tartessian inscription

sample)

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I've found an interesting web page about Tartessian:
http://personal.telefonica.terra.es/web/irea/principes.html

It seems to be a Celtic, Gaulish-like language with an uncommon
spelling, definitely NOT Basque-like.